Purchase College, SUNY, Required Syllabi Statements

Title IX Syllabus Statement

As an instructor, one of my responsibilities is to help create a safe learning environment on our campus. I also have a mandatory reporting responsibility for any sexual misconduct, violation, or violence disclosed to me in my role as a faculty member. It is my goal that you feel able to share information related to your life experiences in classroom discussions, in your written/artistic work, and in our one-on-one meetings. I will seek to keep the information you share private to the greatest extent possible. However, in the event that you choose to write, speak or express about having experienced any inappropriate sexualized misconduct, violence or assault (including rape, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking), College policies require that, as your instructor, I share this information with the Title IX office. Once I share this information with the Title IX office you should expect to receive communication from their office. The Title IX office will provide outreach to discuss with you interim measures, accommodations and supportive resources that can be immediately provided to you, provide you with detailed information about the Title IX process and procedures as well as discuss with you what you’ve experienced including options for holding those who have harmed you accountable. You are not required to speak with Title IX and can participate as much as you feel comfortable with.

If you’d prefer to speak confidentially about what you have experienced, instead of disclosing this information to me or to Title IX, you can speak confidentially with the Counseling Center staff on campus and services in the community. They can connect you with support services and help explore your reporting options now, or in the future.

  • Students seeking emergency help for sexual assault or violence/abuse may walk into the Counseling Center in the Humanities Building Lower Level during office hours (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., M – F). Students may call the Counseling Center at (914)251-6390 to schedule an appointment with the Victim Advocate for Campus Advocacy Services.
  • After hours and on weekends, students may obtain Campus Advocacy Services by calling the campus emergency number monitored by the University Police Department: (914) 251-6911. UPD will connect students with the member of the Counseling Center staff on call and Campus Advocacy Services will be provided. You do not need to explain or make a report prior to obtaining Campus Advocacy Services. Students who walk into UPD to file a report will be also be offered Campus Advocacy Services.
  • Off Campus Crisis Response and Support: Victims Assistance Services of Westchester County TOLL FREE HOTLINE #: 855-827-2255

If you are a survivor or someone concerned about a survivor and need immediate information on what to do, please go to this page ↗

For more information and to learn more about Title IX laws and campus policies and procedures, please visit this page ↗

Accessibility Statement

The Office of Disability Resources ↗ collaborates directly with students who identify documented disabilities to create accommodation plans, including testing accommodations, in order for students to access course content and validly demonstrate learning. For those students who may require accommodations, please contact the Office of Disability Resources as soon as possible, 914-251-6035, ODR@purchase.edu (Student Services Building, #316A), www.purchase.edu/odr ↗

Counseling Statement

Help is available at the Counseling Center on campus for difficulties with emotional wellbeing and psychological functioning. If distress is interfering in relationships, academics, work, or daily life, confidential support can be had right away. Contact the Counseling Center at (914) 251-6390 or COU.counseling.center@purchase.edu on M – F, 9 am – 5 pm. The Counseling Center’s website ↗ lists after hours emergency resources for mental health crises, sexual assault or interpersonal violence emergencies (Campus Advocacy Services ↗), self-help ↗ and additional coping resources.

Community Health during COVID-19

To ensure that each of us has a healthy and safe learning experience, all students are required to remain informed and follow Purchase College Policy and/or any departmental, local, state, or federal laws, rules or regulations for attending classes on campus and in a remote learning environment. Within courses that involve in-person contact, all students, faculty members, staff, and visitors are required to adhere to the expectations outlined on the College’s COVID-19 website ↗. Failure to comply with requirements will result in the request to leave the classroom for that in-person class session. Students may also be referred to the Office of Community Standards ↗.

Do not enter the conservatory/school building if you are experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19. Contact your faculty if you need to miss class because of COVID-19 symptoms. The conservatory/school will address on a case-by-case basis student absences due to COVID-19 symptoms, while awaiting test results, or during quarantine.

Diversity and Equity Syllabus Statement

At the School of Art + Design at Purchase College, we are committed to our courses providing the opportunity to learn from voices from different backgrounds and experience, and to discussion that is respectful and caring, especially to those on margins. To that end, we want to ensure that our courses include and support people from diverse backgrounds. We will present artists from diverse backgrounds, and visit galleries, artists, museums and collectives run by people from diverse backgrounds. In critique, we will embrace active discourse of difficult or unfamiliar content and understand that discussions may expose our own individual biases, prejudices and blind spots. We will proceed through this with honesty, compassion, and non-judgement, and will be attentive to draw out different modes of participation from different students.

If you encounter racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, inappropriate, or otherwise problematic behavior, please let your professor know. Direct communication with your professor is often the best way to address issues in the classroom.

If you are experiencing issues with your professor that you are not comfortable talking about with your teacher, or if reaching out to your professor does not solve the issues, then please contact:

Preferred/Chosen Name Policy

see the Chosen Name Policy for Purchase College, SUNY here ↗

Financial Equity

If you need financial support to purchase course materials or transportation for this course, or to be able to afford your tuition, please see the following resources:

  • The Make an Impact Award ↗: Awards of up to $3,000. Students who face unexpected financial hardship can apply for help with paying their semester bill. This award provides one-time assistance.
  • A+D Director’s Discretionary Fund: $25-$200 micro-grants to cover expenses required for course participation, such as course materials or travel costs for a required field trip. Applicants must demonstrate need. Email the Art+Design Director ↗ to apply.
  • Additional grants and tips ↗, including private scholarship resources.

Art+Design Expanded Practice Statement

There may be options and opportunities to engage in an expanded art making practice through this class (the use of non-traditional materials or presentation methods.) If a student chooses to work in this way, it is important to communicate a clear plan to the instructor. Through this communication we can ensure that any work does not negatively impact the daily schedule or physical structure of the Visual Arts Building, or other areas on campus, or create environmental, health or safety exposures. Some practices or activities such as the painting of walls and the hanging of work from the ceiling must be approved by the Building Manager at an instructor's request.

The following alterations to the building may not be made:

  • The painting of doors, ceilings, floors

  • The painting of electrical panels or circuit disconnect switches

  • The painting of flammable chemicals storage cabinets masking their identity and/or obscuring the words: Flammable-Keep Fire Away

  • Addition or removal of doors, walls, or any structural element

  • Propping open fire doors in hallways or stairwells

  • The blocking of emergency equipment, egress routes or exits

  • Removal (even temporary) of ceiling tiles

  • The following materials may not be used anywhere within the building:

    • Perishable or decaying material
    • Live animals
    • Body fluids or parts Open flames or potentially hazardous objects or materials (including but not limited to petroleum derivatives, out-gassing plastic, and chemical solvents.)

Any alteration executed in the course of an approved project or installation must be returned to its original state and will be confirmed by the instructor when finished.